Where to stay in Krokom
Most visitors stay in the town centre, the small grid of streets near the station and the river crossing where the shops, cafés, and services gather within an easy walk of one another. It suits you if you want a quiet base close to Östersund without staying in the city itself. Rooms here run to a hotel and a guesthouse or two.
Beds can tighten when events fill the nearby city, so a booking ahead is wise. Along the river and the shore of Storsjön, a short way out, holiday cabins and rented cottages face the water and draw families through the short bright summer of inland Jämtland. The regional centre of Östersund offers a far fuller base again, with many more rooms a short drive or train ride to the south.
Choose the centre first. The station, the shops, and the river bridge all lie minutes apart on foot, and the lake country opens just beyond the edge of town.
Things to do in Krokom
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Museums & Galleries
- Hissmofors Folkets hus — working life museum
Churches & Religious Sites
- Rödöns kyrka Heritage-listed
- Ås kyrka Heritage-listed
- Näskotts kyrka Heritage-listed
- Aspås kyrka Heritage-listed
Castles & Historic Sites
- Tibrandshögen Heritage-listed
About Krokom
What is Krokom known for?
Krokom is known as a river crossing and a near neighbour of Östersund. The town grew where the railway and the road bridge the Indalsälven on the way north, and many who live here work in the regional centre a short way south. Water and forest ring the streets.
The river bridge anchors the place. River, rail, and the pull of the nearby city shape the character of this town in the northern part of Jämtland County.
What are the main landmarks in Krokom?
The river bridge marks the town. Carrying the railway and the road north across the Indalsälven, the crossing stands as the very feature that first gave Krokom its place and its growth. A parish church serves the surrounding district from among the streets and farms.
Water lies close on every side. Together the river bridge, the church, and the lake country beyond trace the simple shape of a town built at a crossing in the northern part of Jämtland County.
What is the history of Krokom?
Krokom grew at a crossing. Farms worked the good ground by the Indalsälven and the shore of Storsjön first, drawn by the water, the fishing, and the fertile land of the lake country. The railway made the town.
When the line north was driven through and bridged the river here, Krokom rose from a farming district into a town built around its station and its crossing, close enough to Östersund to share in the life of the regional centre. The parish church served the growing district, and the town settled into its role as a quiet neighbour of the city. Houses spread along the river.
Krokom kept growing slowly. It remains the seat of its municipality in the northern part of Jämtland County, a river town whose bridge, church, and lake country still tell of the crossing and the railway that founded it.
Where is Krokom?
Krokom lies by a river. The town sits in the northern part of Jämtland County, in northern Sweden, where the Indalsälven runs out from the lake country between forested ridges. Water threads past the built-up core toward the broad lake of Storsjön close by.
Forest rings the streets. The great inland country of pine, lake, and farmland spreads on every side, and the regional centre of Östersund lies just to the south, on the lake.
What is the climate of Krokom?
The climate runs cold and continental. Winters are long and snowy, with the river slowing under ice and the inland forests of northern Sweden holding deep snow through the dark months of the year. Summers stay short and mild.
Long northern daylight warms the lake country briefly before autumn turns the woods to gold and the early frosts return. Distance from the sea makes the seasons swing hard between summer warmth and biting winter cold.
How do you get to Krokom?
Most travellers arrive by road or train. Krokom sits on the line and the road north from Östersund in the northern part of Jämtland County, so the regional centre lies only a short ride to the south. Roads and rails run both ways through the lake country.
Drivers come up easily. The nearest large airport lies near Östersund, a short drive to the south of the town.